Hydrothermal speleogenesis in carbonates and metasomatic silicites induced by subvolcanic intrusions: a case study from the Štiavnické vrchy Mountains, Slovakia

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Bella P., Gaál Ľ., Šucha V., Koděra P., and Milovský R., 2016. Hydrothermal speleogenesis in carbonates and metasomatic silicites induced by subvolcanic intrusions: a case study from the

Gamma-ray spectrometry in the field: Radioactive heat production in the Central Slovakian Volcanic Zone

“…The structure and stratigraphy of this igneous complex were established in many works in the local literature (e.g., Konečný and Lexa, 2001), an accessible summary in English aligned with a quantitative chronology having been provided by Chernyshev et al (2013). At a late stage in this subduction-related magmatism, the rocks experienced pervasive hydrothermal activity associated with metalliferous mineralization, primarily for silver but also including gold (e.g., Bauer, 1999;Bahna and Chovan, 2001;Kodera et al, 2001Kodera et al, , 2004Kodera et al, , 2014Bella et al, 2010Bella et al, , 2016. This region, in particular the surroundings to the medieval town of Banská Štiavnica, indeed formed one of the principal sources of precious metals in Europe for many centuries (e.g., Valderrama and Pérez-Pariente, 2012;Herčko et al, 2014;Karsten, 2015).…”